BigfishCanada
11-05-2007, 10:40 AM
Thursday night my 17 year old nephew and I arrived at our property. We quickly packed up and hit the hills for we have a LEH cow and calf for Nov 1-10. Two weeks ago scouting I counted 5 bulls and 3 cows in two days so things looked promising. Thursday night, we didn’t even see a doe. Friday morning I decided to go off on my own while my nephew drove around with a local. 10 minutes in I start seeing does and small bucks everywhere and I hunted hard all day long, attempting to call at every swamp and area I have seen moose in the past. Nothing, not even one fresh moose track.
Saturday morning we head out with a local which is very familiar with the area, and the weather was perfect, snowing very hard nice big flakes. 1 hour in and my buddy told me to take my nephew up a cut and binoci down below. As soon as we reach the top my nephew says “DEER” so I jump down and find a nice resting area to possibly take a shot. After watching the doe down below I spot a deer following her and see that it has horns.
Its around 300 yards away and at this point my hearts pounding cause I wasn’t sure if it has 4, sure enough I count 4 and decide to take him. One shot with my trusty 30-06 180 grain I blew a hole threw its heart and it falls 3 feet from where I took him. Then I tell my nephew to take his jacket and took, gloves off cause we are going to get hot retrieving this guy.
One hour of work with the help from Marv’s ATV winch we get him up to where I took the shot. Very nice 4 point and it really made me and my nephews time alone more enjoyable. He has never gotten any game before and we both worked hard for this guy and it made us both feel real good that we got to come home with something.
If the wife lets me I’ll be back up next weekend going back for the cow and calf. Over all I saw 30 + does, 7 small bucks, no other game other than chickens. And my nephew says he will hunt for the rest of his life!
Heres the larger pic
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/cadenov20074pt.JPG
Saturday morning we head out with a local which is very familiar with the area, and the weather was perfect, snowing very hard nice big flakes. 1 hour in and my buddy told me to take my nephew up a cut and binoci down below. As soon as we reach the top my nephew says “DEER” so I jump down and find a nice resting area to possibly take a shot. After watching the doe down below I spot a deer following her and see that it has horns.
Its around 300 yards away and at this point my hearts pounding cause I wasn’t sure if it has 4, sure enough I count 4 and decide to take him. One shot with my trusty 30-06 180 grain I blew a hole threw its heart and it falls 3 feet from where I took him. Then I tell my nephew to take his jacket and took, gloves off cause we are going to get hot retrieving this guy.
One hour of work with the help from Marv’s ATV winch we get him up to where I took the shot. Very nice 4 point and it really made me and my nephews time alone more enjoyable. He has never gotten any game before and we both worked hard for this guy and it made us both feel real good that we got to come home with something.
If the wife lets me I’ll be back up next weekend going back for the cow and calf. Over all I saw 30 + does, 7 small bucks, no other game other than chickens. And my nephew says he will hunt for the rest of his life!
Heres the larger pic
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/medium/cadenov20074pt.JPG